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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1948

2,001 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 17 of 101

Ignore Court Warning Sydney Transport Stoppage On

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 26 February 1948 · page 1

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—The Executive of the Road Transport Workers' Union decided to-night to proceed with plans for the one-day stoppage on Friday of 7000 Sydney transport…

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Belmont Court (Before Mr. C. Avery, S.m.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 26 February 1948 · page 5

STEALING CHARGES.—Albert Bell, 61, labourer, pleaded "Guilty" to three charges that on August 18, 1947. at Dudley Junction, he stole 18…

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Newcastle Court Before Mr. R. A. Hardwicke, S.m

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 26 February 1948 · page 5

REMANDED. — Gordon Malcolm Thompson, 35, shipwright, was remanded to March 10 on a charge of having wilfully exposed himself…

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More Meat Sellers Charged

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 27 February 1948 · page 6

SYDNEY, Thursday.—A remand until to-morrow on £50 bail was granted Reginald Michael O'Gorman, of Drummoyne, and Bernard…

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Queensland Unions Defy Court Order

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 27 February 1948 · page 3

BRISBANE: Mass meetings of strikers at Brisbane, Ipswich and Townsville today decided to defy the Industrial Court's order for a resumption of work on Monday…

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Man Ate Fake Petrol Licence, Police Allege

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 27 February 1948 · page 4

SYDNEY, Thursday.—When approached by the police a man had put a forged petrol consumer's licence in his mouth, chewed it and…

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Pilferer Gets Six Years' Gaol

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 28 February 1948 · page 8

SYDNEY, Friday.—A detective described a 36-year-old photographer who was to-day sentenced to six years' gaol for pilfering from…

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Two Committed On Murder Charge

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 28 February 1948 · page 4

SYDNEY, Friday.—Two men committed for trial for the murder of Arthur Edgar Wall denied they were in the flat where Wall was…

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2 Managers Of Egg Pulp Board Charged

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 28 February 1948 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Friday.—The General Manager and Factory Manager of the Egg Pulp Marketing Board of Victoria's factory…

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Suitor Shot, Police Allege

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 28 February 1948 · page 3

MELBOURNE.—Walter Arnold Fraser, about 50, of Ryan-st., Footscray, was charged in the City Court today with…

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Police Believe Bank Man Has Memory Lapse

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 28 February 1948 · page 3

SYDNEY, Friday.—Police believe Ainslie Auburn Kingsford, 54, employee of the Bank of New South Wales, may be suffering from…

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Newcastle Court Before Mr. R. A. Hardwicke, S.m

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 28 February 1948 · page 4

MINER REMANDED.—Ralph Thomas Roddom, 34, miner, was remanded to April 2, on £20 bail, on charges of having driven a car in…

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Man Charged with Murder of Wife

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 1 March 1948 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Sunday.—William Shields, 48, of Yallourn, was charged yesterday with the murder of his wife, Eileen Mary…

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Police Say Woman Killed Daughter

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 1 March 1948 · page 1

AUCKLAND, Sunday.—The half-caste Maori wife of a Chinese, Margaret Mary Teresa Loo, 26, was charged in the Police Court…

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Court at Newcastle (Before Mr. C. H. Blackmore, S.m.) Stole a Book

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 1 March 1948 · page 3

A fine of £5 was imposed on Harold Leslie Boswell (29), laborer, when he pleaded guilty to having stolen a book valued at 50s the…

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3 Months' Gaol For Labourer

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 2 March 1948 · page 3

Clifford McMillan, 49, labourer, was sentenced to three months' imprisonment by Mr. C. H. Blackmore, S.M., at Newcastle Court…

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Newcastle Court Before Mr. C. H. Blackmore, S.m

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 2 March 1948 · page 3

FINED FOR ASSAULT.—Frederick Currie, 40, seaman, was fined £14 for having assaulted Sergeant D. O'Donoughue, in the execution of…

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Court at Newcastle (Before Mr. C. H. Blackmore, S.m.) Clothes Stolen

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 2 March 1948 · page 3

When Thomas Turner, licensee of the Terminus Hotel, Wallsend, looked for his shirt and jumper yesterday they were missing from his…

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Committee To Police Beer

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 3 March 1948 · page 2

Disciplinary action involving refusal of an hotel lease, expulsion from the Northern branch of the U.L.V.A. and a black ban by the Trade Union movement is proposed against hotel licensees for…

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Newcastle Court (Before Mr. C. H. Blackmore, S.m.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 3 March 1948 · page 6

REMANDS.—Leslie John Meredith, 36, truck driver, was remanded to March 15 on £20 ball on a charge of having used a truck at Wickham…

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